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Due to various circumstances, I found myself wandering the halls of the poultry science building (yes, we have a poultry science building. Seriously. Building o' chickens.) in search of a restroom, and inadvertently stumbled upon (coincidentially) the animal waste management lab. I was, needless to say, unamused to discover that I had found it, and also somewhat distraught to discover that it wasn't exactly air tight. For the next several hours, I was smelling what I'm almost certain was CHICKEN POO on my person, and was not particularly pleased by it. Glad I came across it after lunch, rather than before.

I have to wonder, how does one decide that they want to do research on animal waste? I mean, okay, fine, I can see some research projects that could be involved, such as breeding poo-less cows, but who actually volunteers for such a job? And do they have cast-iron gag reflexes? Or no sense of smell?

This is one reason why I prefer working with plants over animals. With few exceptions, they smell infinitely better.